Corn or cane harvester



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, Patented Feb. 27, 1894.

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. R. B. ROBBINS. CORN 0R CANE HARVBSTER.

Patented Feb. 27, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD B. ROBBINS, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

CORN OR CAN E HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 515,483, dated February 27, 189%.

Application filed January 28, 1893. fierial No. 460,060. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD B. ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn orOane Harvesters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improve ments inborn and cans harvesters and has forits object to provide for simultaneously cutting two rows of corn or cane, collecting the stalks and guiding the same toward the cutting knives in such a manner that they may be readily handled by an operator or operators, when out, and then deposited in suitable troughs or receptacles in quantities sufficient to form a quarter section of a shock, so thatwhen a suificient quantity has been accumulated in each receptacle or trough it may be transferred by the operator or operators, to the rear of the machine and by the aid of a suitable movable horse, forming part of the machine, formed into shocks.

My invention also hasfor its object to con struct and arrange the knives or cutters, so that, they will initiallysever by a direct cut the'outershell of the stalks and then continue to give a shear cut to said stalks, whereby the operation of the machine will be facilitated.

The particular construction and arrangement of thevarious parts of my said invention, designed to accomplish the above mentioned objects, I will now proceed to point out, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a harvester embodying my said invention; Fig. 2 a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 3 a longitudinal vertical section on the line H of Fig. 1; Fig. cadetached perspective view of one of the cutters; Fig. 5 a plan view of a modification of my invention; Fig. 6 a plan view of a portion of the machine, showing a modification thereof; Fig. 7 a rear end view of a portion of the machine showing said modification. Fig. 8, is a detail view of the cutting mechanism, shown in modification. Fig. 9 is a detail face view of a portion of the mechanism, at one side, for raising and lowering the main frame.

indicates the main frame of the harvester, which is mounted on wheels 2 located at each side thereof. At the front of said main frame and forming part thereof is located a vertical frame 3, the upper portion of which is extended forwardly, forming shafts between which a draft animal may be hitched, the forward, upper, cross bar of said frame, being provided with a single tree, to which traces may be attached. At each side and in front, the main frame, is provided with angular spaces to the oblique edges 7 of which are fastened the cutters or knives 5. These consist each of a blade, sharpened to a cutting edge at the front, and they are preferably made horizontally straight at their forward ends fora suitable distance and then bent at a quarter twist and carried upward to the sides of the machine, so as to give, initially, a direct'c'ut and afterward a shear cut to the corn or cane stalks. The outer sides of the angu lar spaces are bounded by the forward, side projections 6 of the said main frame, and to the front extremities of these projections are which are, preferably, constructed of metal rods, bent upwardly and backwardly, their rear ends being secured to uprights or standards 8, secured to said side projections.

thereof, are extended, rearwardly, the curved said knives or cutters do not extend quite to Referring to the drawings, the numeral '1 I attached the forward ends of the guides 7",

To the central, vertical, frame of the m'achine, are secured rearwardly extending guides 9 which direct the stalks to the operstore, and prevent the operators from falling in front of the knives; and from the rear. of such vertical frame, at the lower portion) go guides 10, the rear ends of which are bent the forward side projections 6 of the machines and the spriu g ,'ar m s. 11 are soeon's'truct'e'dkas" the projections 6, for the discharge of weeds or refuse cut and gathered up by the knives,

- h would s nd mpair tliaaction; of

the machine. The construction is similar,

when the vibrating cutter of the rnodilication is used.

The main frame, at the rear of the plat:

form, is provided withrearwardly extending frames l2ateaeh side, having'vertical frames 13 secured thereto, the saidfrapesjgand 13, serving to support the troughs 14, for the reception of the cane collected bytheoperators, Midway between'the two frarn es 12*, a beam,

a stne di atwardlyt r m heta? form tof the, mai rame n l 9 1 th s, nd the platform is erected a vertieal frame 15, to. thelup'peif' rail of which are hinged :moyable} wings lti, which form in ,connectjonj with the s h' 'equred h sicl rame atr h or receptacles for the 'stalks,,w hich troughs I maybeopened to drop the collected stalks to the ground in gayel's when desired;

Inforderto enable the hinged'wings tobe conveniently'operatedalongitudinal'movable bar 18 is s"etv in bearings, on' the uppe side of the lower railofthe'vertical fram e,and at its forward end is connected by'me'ans of a link.

r 19, with the lower end of a lever f'ulcrumed at 20 tothe forward upright frameabove mentioned; The saidslidingrod isconnected by, lateral links 21 with the, respectiveihinged wings, before, mentioned so as to, move' them as thesai d s1 idingrodis moved: backer forth. In the modification shown in Figsg5, 6, and 7, of thefd'rawings the wings are constructed of flat insteadof'curved plates, as shown inthe said figures, The wing l6ffishinged at its lower edge, and at its rear end is provided, with an arm, 22land slotted segment 23,.throu'gh which passes a set, screw intd a bracket 2 1 by means of which the said wing maybe adjusted to, vary the capacity of the trough which it forms part. "Also iiilthe said modification instead of the s xi w'm t ned, t h rupr hn of the' side' extension of the main frame, the,

said fra Q ll a slflilqlfl lued to it a vibrating cutterwhich is arranged to oscillate laterally? 8 ctua a ral y p ieet nsi tens 5, biturcated,a t]its free eudiandproi vid'e ith a d owlliwardly extending stirrup,

,with a pin 29 near its front v i v 'r k ar py me toiextendoverthe outer ends of the cutters,

a space being left between the cutters and to their outer edges, diametrically opposite ltion of theshock, so; as tolpern itithewhole 7 end, to limit its The" sides'bf' tliehiain frame, have secured each other, by means of bolts or screws 30, the plates 31, which may be moved upon the 'cbbltsi'whichjserye asapivoti The forward ends of these plates are provided with a series ofi. apertures, through which a screw 32 may bepassed tohold the said plates in an adjusted position. The axle spindles 33 of the supportingwheels 2 are mountedupon the 'movable ends of these plates, serving toenable gthe nain frameto be, lowered or elevated as may be required, I

, The operation, of the machine willtbe read i y n er t d in qer e t eh with! he bove e c t on an s atol ws Al 1mm: fo a t eeel' we r ws o mmo-cane; t e t l e fgathsred. no e, ngu r spaces at each v side vof the, machine, and 'di 'rectedto the edges of the out'ting, knives byi .thesprings, or'by the, vibrating cutter'of the,

modification. The stalks have their outer, hard "shell broken mangane e action of,

the'straight edges of the' .kni ves, andiai e afdepositthemin, theftroughs at either side;

each ofwhi'ch isofIapapa ity to hol a per-f I00 to e a i y andled! in:binding-I a. hq If desirable hooksjmayf bej us'ed. to, facilitate the gathering, of thec'orlni beforeitl is out,

especially would r'thisibe of advantage if corn is leaning. or, partially down. "as a; is fre- 5 quently thelcaseg As the machine isfcon structed, it is eyidentlthatijthe' shocks, may be {formed in quarters, halyes, orwhole shocksas may ir esiwd hei ls f rient talks have been gathered in. the respectiiie v troughs, the r 10 machine is stopped, the operators ,golto. the

a an r m et st ksav n ,previqusly drawn the horse?" to the, m The stall; s

are rested" against the hors e',f and eans with, a suitable wire,or,cord,afterwhich th l q i e moved nl rawhgzi e hor eioii 01: the, shock, when the, ,hoi'sei t may,..b q, pushed forward] into. its norl iial Whenthe'stalks are,tof be fornied 1n the two t'rouglis'at each side together, a full orjcompl t it'orme'd; When itisde l els, qki n lf the stalks'iupon l'the lgroun jfiy i pelleted, i m ajrli r tliii W en t s tessa yt o faiseton qwe e ma n frame, the screws 32:.are remouedand' the forward movable ends of the plates moved upward or downward as required, and the screws 32 reset, through higher or lower apertures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the stationary and hinged sides of the side trough, of an intermediate hinged wing, and means for holding it in an adjusted position, substantially as specified. I

2. The combination with the main frame, of the guides, the cutting knives, the platform and the troughs, two of which are arranged at each side of the main frame, whereby the stalks may be collected in quantities to form quarter sections of a shock, substantially as specified.

3. In a corn and cane harvester, a diagonal cutter having itsforward cutting edge straight and its rear edge curved upward, substantially as shown and described, whereby a direct cut is first made .then a shearing cut.

at. In a corn and cane harvester, the combination with the main frame and platform, of the upper guards secured to the front part of said main frame and extending rearwardly partially over said platform, said guards having free rear ends, and suitable troughs arranged in pairs, at the rear of the platform behind the rear ends of the guards, one pair on each side of the longitudinal center line of the main frame, substantially as shown and described for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD B. ROBBINS.

Witnesses:

D. B. MORGAN, JOHN GAHAGAN. 

